Tons o’ Trucks at the 2018 Mooneyes XMAS Party!

During the annual Mooneyes XMAS Party, a little bit of everything flocks to the Irwindale Event Center parking lot. Among those vehicles are a whole lot of pickup trucks. We at HOT ROD have always loved trucks—many of them are essentially muscle cars with a more utilitarian body, making them both practical and fun to drive. What’s not to love? You can have a rumbling V8 under the hood, your dog beside you in the cab, and a few yards of lumber in the bed—or you can just let more friends ride in the back if that’s more your speed.

Justin Juencke of the Odd Squad Car Club brought out his beautiful, bagged 1962 C10 riding on US MAGS Rambler wheels.

From patina’d-out trucks that looked like they were straight off the farm, to trucks that might be more at home at an indoor car show under the lights—there was something for every truck enthusiast to gawk at. That’s part of the beauty of the Mooneyes XMAS Party—the variety at this event makes you keep your head on a swivel wondering what you might see next. Country music artist, Kip Moore, perhaps said it best, “There’s somethin’ ‘bout a truck.” So take a look through this gallery of pickups from the 2018 Irwindale Mooneyes Party and stay tuned for more coverage!

We caught Scott Crothers rolling out of the show in his 1940 Chevy pickup that sports an interesting two tone paint job with satin and gloss black.Now we realize this 1957 Ford Ranchero is more so half car half truck, but this vehicle marked the beginning of the Ute craze in America that led to the production of GM’s legendary El Camino.The Ford Econoline cab-over pickup was released in 1961, with the short cab all the way at front it allowed them to have a seven foot long bed, which made them practical yet predictably rather unsafe in front end collisions.This 1963 Mercury M-series pickup is a rare truck to see in the United States because they were essentially Ford trucks that were rebadged to be sold by dealers across the border in Canada.

Justin Juencke of the Odd Squad Car Club brought out his beautiful, bagged 1962 C10 riding on US MAGS Rambler wheels.

We caught Scott Crothers rolling out of the show in his 1940 Chevy pickup that sports an interesting two tone paint job with satin and gloss black.

Now we realize this 1957 Ford Ranchero is more so half car half truck, but this vehicle marked the beginning of the Ute craze in America that led to the production of GM’s legendary El Camino.

The Ford Econoline cab-over pickup was released in 1961, with the short cab all the way at front it allowed them to have a seven foot long bed, which made them practical yet predictably rather unsafe in front end collisions.

This 1963 Mercury M-series pickup is a rare truck to see in the United States because they were essentially Ford trucks that were rebadged to be sold by dealers across the border in Canada.